In this first of a three-part series, we look at the ways in which the recent publication of two reports, from the IEA and the IPCC, has fundamentally changed the ground rules for fossil fuel investment.
ALL4Climate - Milan September 28th, 29th, 30th
Very excited to share our contribution to #All4climate Italia 2021 programme in the run up to #cop26glasgow.
CLIMATE CHANGE RISK AND PENSION FUND TRUSTEES
WINDS OF CHANGE FOR OIL MAJORS
COP26 and beyond event: Climate Change and Your Career
Want to know why the International Labour Organisation thinks the green economy could support 24 million jobs globally by 2030?
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LANDMARK LEGAL VICTORIES IN FRANCE, GERMANY, PROMPT NEW LAWS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
UK GOVERNMENT SCRAPS ITS OWN GREEN HOMES GRANT SCHEME
TASK FORCE ON CLIMATE RELATED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: INSURANCE AND COMPANY REPORTING
The Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures is becoming increasingly influential, having been taken forward by insurers, applied as a requirement to the assets of pension funds, and its principles are due to be applied as a requirement to all listed companies in the UK next year. Importantly, it is an approach to influencing financial disclosures that is increasingly accepted internationally. In this further update, we set out a short note on two important recent reports.
Young Climate Activists Launch Mock COP Treaty
In the absence of world leaders, and with the UNFCCC climate conference at COP26 in Glasgow postponed until November 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, student climate activists decided to press ahead and hold their own online MOCK COP, which took place between 19th November and 1st December 2020. The full Declaration and Treaty can be read here.
COVID-19 AND CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACTS ON COP26, NATIONAL POLICIES, GREEN RECOVERY
On 25 November 2020 William Wilson will be speaking on "COVID-19 and Climate Change: Impacts on COP26, National Policies, Green Recovery" at the 2020 Journal of Environmental Law workshop "Environmental Law in the Time of COVID" run by Professor Liz Fisher at the University of Oxford.
COP26- KEY ISSUES AT A TURNING POINT FOR CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS
COP26 AND BEYOND
We have just launched a new website and blog - www.COP26andbeyond.com aiming to provide new ideas and resources to young people in particular, so as to enhance the value of their participation.
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY ‘IEA’ HOSTS CRITICAL CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITIONS SUMMIT TO PROMOTE GREEN RECOVERY
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY PUBLISHES FIRST REPORT IN ENVIRONMENTAL DEMOCRACY SERIES
In the first publication in its Environmental Democracy series, the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) has published the report by William Wilson on ‘ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONS -Parliamentary Oversight of Environmental Governance and Legislation’.